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Saturday, October 25, 2014

An appeal for Madhuramangalam Temple - compound wall and Nandhavanam

For Srivaishnavaites – divyadesams assume great significance as these
are the places where our Great Azhwars visited and sung about the Lord….
Equally important are the places associated with Azhwagal and Acharyargal…..

Around 56 kilo meters from Chennai lies this place – which perhaps you
would have passed by hundreds of times………… As we travel on the Chennai
Bangalore highway, Sriperumpudur, the birthplace of Sri Ramanujar is around 48
kms ~ Thirukachi is around 78 kms… after Sriperumpudur comes Sunkuvar Chathiram
- here you need to branch off right and travel around 5-6 kms……… you reachMadhuramangalam… The moolavar here is Sri Vaikunda Perumal and
Thayar is Kamalavalli thayar. There is a sannathi for Swami Embar and Andal.

Madhuramangalam is the birth place of Swami Embar~ a cousin of Sri Ramanujar, Embarwas
born as Sri Govindar in Madhuramangalam (then known as Mazhalai mangalam) in
Krothana Samvatsaram (1026 AD). Embaar born to PeriyaPiraati and Kamala Nayana
Bhattar. Swami Ramanujar is known as the incarnation of ThiruAnanthazhvan and
Swami Embaar as the incarnation of Periya Thiruvadi. Arising out of his
connection to Periyathiruvadi, the Theertham of this temple is known as Garuda
Pushkarini and it is believed that at this place any snake or poisonous insects
will not harm anyone. The Avathara Mandapam of Swami Embaar is located around ½
km from the temple.

Swami Embar attended Ramanuja’s lectures, discourse, debates expositions and
dispositions and served his master as a shadow. With great resolve and
commitment, he secured sanyasa from Udayavar and obtained robe of an ascetic.
Udayavar named him Emperumanar but he could not accept this and pleaded that he
did not deserve this honour, upon which Udayavar called him “Embar”. Swami
Embar’s work ‘Vijnaasthuthi” is forever remembered by
posterity.

This temple not being located on the mainstream has
lesser number of people visiting. All the Uthsavams are being conducted
well…. At every of these divyadesams and Srivaishnavaite temples, there are a
couple of people, who live selflessly, surrendered to the Holy feet of
SthalapPerumal and doing great kainkaryam continuously without any break.
It is exceptional – it requires great sense of commitment, morality, will-power
and exceptional dedication to be one ~ at Maduramangalam, there is Battar, Sri Balaji Swamin and paricharakar.

Though the temple probably has land and property –
not much income is forthcoming. Nearer the
temple, there is around 10 grounds of
land, which is now being enclosed with compound wall – a well is also contained
over there. Once done, this could be a
flowering Nanthavanam for Perumal by drip-irrigation. Understand from Sri
Balaji Swamin (9500837398) embarbalajee@gmail.com
– whose dedication deserves special
mention…. That the work is progressing very slowly and they require bricks and
money. It is our duty to support these people and
ensure that kainkaryams continue unabated in all these temples. Request my friends to do something for this
noble cause.

Azhwar, Emperumanaar, Thiruvadigale Saranam

Adiyen Srinivasa Dhasan (S. Sampathkumar from
Thiruvallikkeni)

Sri Manavala Mamunigal Uthsavam is now being
celebrated at this place and here is a photo of our Acharyar at
Madhuramangalam. [photos courtesy : Sri Balaji swamin]